September 2016 - Flyland Designs, Freelance Illustration and Graphic Design by Brian Allen -

Recent Artwork

Attack of The Giant Woman T-Shirt

Client:

The News Junkie

Description:

T-Shirt illustration of a giant woman attacking a bunch of army guys in this parody t-shirt for The News Junkie website.

The design was set up with special sun-activated color-changing ink, so that the colors only appear when out doors. Really cool effect. I gave this a halftone retro coloring treatment to try to emulate classic horror/fantasy magazines.

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September 29, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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This was a steampunk character design concept I worked on for Bogard Press – used in their educational book series and other marketing materials. I'd really love to get stronger with character design and pursue that direction some more.#art #illustration #steampunk #characterdesign #freelance #FlylandDesigns New Artwork From Instagram

September 28, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Skull and Roses T-Shirt

Client:

Tommy Justice

Description:

Tommy Justice hired me to create this limited color skull and roses t-shirt design for his special-lady fans.

He’s got a great retro 80s hair-metal vibe that I tried to inject a little into the design.

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September 26, 2016/2 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Zombie Playing GuitarTommy Justice hired me to create this full-color illustration of him as a zombie riffing under the moonlight.

Client:

Tommy Justice

Description:

Tommy Justice hired me to create this full-color illustration of him as a zombie riffing under the moonlight.

Tommy’s got a really great retro 80s hair metal vibe that I tried to capture here with the artwork. Proving once again that the zombie craze will never die. Just like a zombie.

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September 22, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Here's the first in a series of character concepts I developed for an educational publisher – the whole series had a steampunk vibe that I really got into.#art #illustration #characterdesign #freelance #FlylandDesigns New Artwork From Instagram

September 21, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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And finally, the logo design concept I came up with for the revamp of the Sushi Monster math app by Scholastic.#art #illustration #characterdesign #app #game #monster #creature #freelance #FlylandDesigns New Artwork From Instagram

September 19, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Here were a couple more of the character designs I created for the Sushi Monster App by Scholastic – such a thrill to be hired by them, even if the project will never see daylight.#art #illustration #characterdesign #app #game #monster #creature #freelance #FlylandDesigns New Artwork From Instagram

September 16, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Steampunk Brick-Layer Dog Logo

Client:

Tooldog’s House of Trades

Description:

Fun steampunk inspired logo I worked on for a masonry school called ToolDog’s House of Trades.

The crew decided on a steampunk theme, and we came up with this tough looking dog holding a giant putty knife. I designed both the character and the logo type and provided both for their materials.

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September 15, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Tutorials / Tips

Traditional Hand Inking with Pentel Pen

This New YouTube video shows how I traditionally ink by hand with a Pentel brush pen for t-shirt design.

This is a T-Shirt illustration of a hip-hop singer gripping a mic spewing bad breath fumes I created for a hip-hop apparel brand called Unik Sovaj.

September 14, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Green Knight Fantasy Book Cover

Client:

Thomas Good

Description:

A fantasy author hired me to create this book cover illustration of his characters for his youth fantasy series of the Green Knight.

I love the challenge of designing characters from just a brief outline of a story. The client asked me to create this in a softer pencil and digital painting style which is pretty different from my line-art driven style. Real happy with how this turned out.

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September 12, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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I was hired last year to create some character concept art for a revamp of Scholastic's math game for kids called Sushi Monster – unfortunately, due to a gypsy curse on my family, the whole project was cancelled before we could really get into it because the art director left the company. But it was a great experience while it lasted.#art #illustration #characterdesign #app #game #monster #creature #freelance #FlylandDesigns New Artwork From Instagram

September 11, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Tattooed Shark on Bike T-Shirt

Client:

Van’s General Store

Description:

Van’s General Store in NYC hired me to create this insane illustration of a crazy tattooed shark riding a bike through the city.

This was designed for a set of jackets as promotional gifts for the employees – the illustration is packed with symbols that represent different aspects of all their personalities. No need to explain, it wouldn’t help! Had a lot of fun with this.

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September 8, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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My brother Keith is a super-talented pop-up engineer working at American Greetings – he's created this incredible pop-up book completely by himself by waking up at 5AM every morning before the rest of the fam gets up. He's launching the book via Kickstarter (WHICH STARTS TODAY!), and it would really mean a lot to me if you guys checked out his work. So inspiring! He poured everything he had into this – couldn't be more proud!http://www.messypopup.com/#pop-up #childrensbook #kickstarter #art

My brother Keith is a super-talented pop-up engineer working at American Greetings – he's created this incredible pop-up book completely by himself by waking up at 5AM every morning before the rest of the fam gets up. He's launching the book via Kickstarter (WHICH STARTS TODAY!), and it would really mean a lot to me if you guys checked out his work. So inspiring! He poured everything he had into this – couldn't be more proud!http://www.messypopup.com/#pop-up #childrensbook #kickstarter #art Work in progress from the desk of illustrator Brian Allen

September 7, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Close-up view of a skeleton rider illustration I created just for myself to try out some new coloring techniques. I tried to skip the ink stage with this one, and instead just color over top some hard pencil lines. Pretty happy with the result.Illustrated by Brian Allen, http://FlylandDesigns.com#biker #skull #skeleton #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

Close-up view of a skeleton rider illustration I created just for myself to try out some new coloring techniques. I tried to skip the ink stage with this one, and instead just color over top some hard pencil lines. Pretty happy with the result.Illustrated by Brian Allen, http://FlylandDesigns.com#biker #skull #skeleton #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme Work in progress from the desk of illustrator Brian Allen

September 5, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Wasaga Beach Rally Poster

Client:

Wasaga Beach

Description:

I created this poster illustration of a motorcycle on the beach for the Wasaga Beach Rally in 2016.

Never been to the beach, but it looks amazing – it’s part of the longest fresh water beach in the world, located in Ontario Canada. The rally is one of the biggest around apparently – it was a thrill to be hired to do the t-shirt.